Hanover

Country

Electorate of Hanover

Coordinates

52.3744, 9.7386

History

• Hanover (–1691), Principality of Calenberg
• Hanover (1691–1692)
• Hanover (1692–1807), Electorate of Hanover
• Hanover (1807–1814), Kingdom of Westphalia
• Hanover (1814–1866), Kingdom of Hanover
• Hanover (1866–1871), Kingdom of Prussia
• Hanover (1871–1945), German Reich
• Hanover (1945–1949), allied-occupied Germany
• Hanover (1949–1990), West Germany
• Hanover (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Melchior Schildt (1592–1667), was born and died in Hanover
• Arnold Brunckhorst (1670–1725), died in Hanover
• Francesco Venturini (1675–1745), died in Hanover
• William Herschel (1738–1822), was born in Hanover
• Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861), died in Hanover
• Ignaz Lachner (1807–1895), died in Hanover
• Karl Klindworth (1830–1916), was born in Hanover
• Siegfried Strohbach (1929–2019), died in Hanover